CVE-2022-27227: fedoraproject fedora
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-27227 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 5.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 5% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 25-03-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.4.3, 4.5.x before 4.5.4, and 4.6.x before 4.6.1 and PowerDNS Recursor before 4.4.8, 4.5.x before 4.5.8, and 4.6.x before 4.6.1, insufficient validation of an IXFR end condition causes incomplete zone transfers to be handled as successful transfers.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
5.18%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
92%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.18 pp
From 5.00% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Opensuse3 products
- pdns-recursor&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 4.3.5-bp153.2.3.1
- pdns-recursor&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.6.1-1.1
- pdns&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.6.1-1.1
Alpine2 products
- pdns< 4.5.4-r0 | < 4.6.1-r0
- pdns-recursor< 4.5.8-r0 | < 4.6.1-r0
Debian2 products
- pdns< 4.6.1-1
- pdns-recursor< 4.6.1-1
Powerdns2 products
- authoritative_server< 4.4.3 | ≥ 4.5.0, < 4.5.4 | ≥ 4.6.0, < 4.6.1
- recursor< 4.4.8 | ≥ 4.5.0, < 4.5.8 | ≥ 4.6.0, < 4.6.1
Ubuntu2 products
- pdnsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.1.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 4.5.3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
- pdns-recursorAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.1.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 4.6.0-1ubuntu1+esm1
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL34 | 35 | 36
Suse1 product
- pdns-recursor&distro=SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3< 4.3.5-bp153.2.3.1
7 vendors · 13 products
References
18 links- docs.powerdns.com/recursor/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2022-01.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMREPORTVendor Advisory
- doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/security-advisories/powerdns-advisory-2022-01.htmlX Refsource CONFIRMREPORTVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/03/25/1Mailing ListX Refsource MLISTREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/archives/…Advisory